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No. 247,444. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. WALKER AND BENJAMIN e. WALKER, 0F KINGSTON, NEW YoRK.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,444, dated September 20, 1881. Application filed August 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY A. WALKER and BENJAMIN G. WALKER, both citizens of the United States, residing at Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to animprovement in vehicles of that class known as phaetons, but our improvement is also applicable to vehicles of a different class.

Our invention consists in the combination, with the hind axle, the body, and the front axle, of aforked and jointed reach, which forms a firm connection between the body and the axles, and at the same time does not interfere with the freedom of motion of the body. With the forked and jointed reach are combined circular rear springs and flat front springs, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a side view of our invention as applied to a phaeton. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached side view of the jointed reach on a larger scale than the previous figure.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the example shown by the drawings the letter A designates the body of a phaeton. B is the rear axle and G the front axle. On the bottom of the body A are firmly secured two coupling-bars, D D, and from the rear ends of these coupling-bars extend connecting-rods E E to the rear axle, B. These connecting-rods are attached. to the coupling-bars by means of pivotsa a, and to the axle B by means of clips I) and pivots c. From the front ends of the coupling-bars I) D extends a forked connectingrod, F, to the king-bolt G, said forked connecting-rod being attached at its innner ends to the coupling-bars by pivots d, while the outer end of the forked connecting-rod forms an eye, 6, through which extends the kingbolt. (See Fig. 3.) By this arrangement the two axles and the body A are firmly connected and the freedom of motion of the body is not interfered with.

If desired, an additional coupling-bar, D,

may be secured to the body A and connected by a rod, E, with the rear axle, said rod E being attached to the coupling-bar by a pivot, a, and to the axle by a clip, b, and pivot c.

are firmly secured to the body A by means of bolts or otherwise. Thefrontpart of the body A rests upon flat springs I I, which are fastened at their inner ends to the bottom of the .body, while their outer ends rest upon and are fastened to the bolster J.

By dispensing with the ordinary reach we are enabled to hang the body A considerably lower, and consequently the diameter of the wheels can be increased without raising the body to an inconvenient distance from the ground. We are also able to arch the front axle up instead of bending it down in the center, as usually practiced, thereby making it practicable to use a comparatively light axle and to make the entire vehicle much lighter and easier of access than vehicles of similar nature as at present constructed.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

l. The forked rod F, connected at its forward end with the axle by the vertical kingbolt G of the vehicle, in combination with the coupling-bars D D, attached to the vehiclebodyand pivoted to the rear ends of the forked rod, the rods E E, pivoted to the rear ends of the coupling-bars and to the rear axle, and front and rear springs sustaining the vehicle body above the axles, all substantially as described.

2. The flatsprings I, connected with the front axle and sustaining the front end of the body, and the "upwardly curved springs H, connected with the rear axle and sustaining the rear end of the body, in combination with the coupling-plates D, attached to the body, the forked rod F, connected with the axle by the vertical king-bolt G and pivoted to the coupling-bars, and the rods E, pivoted to the latter and to clips on the rear axle, all substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY A. WALKER.

[L s.] BENJAMIN G. WALKER.

7 PETER House. 

